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Dallas’ Melissa Rycroft and her ridiculous abs top ‘Dancing with the Stars’ leaderboard

Dallas’ Melissa Rycroft leads on the scoreboard in the finals of “Dancing with the Stars: All Stars,” but will she get enough votes to win?

The winner will be revealed live Tuesday night. Judges’ scores count for half; viewer votes count for half.

Rycroft, the former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, earned two perfect 30 scores for her Samba and Supersize Freestyle dance. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba loved the first number and a little more. “Your abs are ridiculous,” she told Melissa.

Rycroft took some risks in her freestyle, trying a risky contemporary number (the contemporary backfired on Erin Andrews a few seasons ago).

But Rycroft nailed it. Said Inaba: “You know you took such humongous risks, with great risks come great rewards. Jackpot!”

But will it be enough to win? Kelly Monaco and her budding romance with partner Val Chmerkovskiy could sway fans. Fan favorite and former Olympics gymnastic champ Shawn Johnson broke the rules in her first dance and received lower scores, but her freestyle dance was spectacular and got the pimp spot on the show (the last dance).

Melissa’s freestyle

Melissa’s Samba

Shawn’s freestyle

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